has never played in any American theatre: a Production Code Seal was refused since all of Mr. Fields specialties and one of the minor characters who was an integral part of the story line, was delicately but undeniably swish. The film however has been shown on many TV stations throughout the country since the Television industry does not require Production Code Seals (as yet) for their screenings.

the griffum atrocity

The final capture of Sebo Griffum, after a hectic four-state manhunt since last Saturday, has brought into focus the need for more effective measures to control this abhorrent type of criminal. Griffum, a known heterosexual with a long record of arrests for rape, adultery, desertion and non-support, is now being held without bail, pending trial. Police Chief Jones told reporters yesterday that a thorough search was being made of all hangouts frequented by such types and that already more than 270 had been apprehended on suspicion of being heterosexuals and taken to headquarters for questioning and finger-printing.

Mayor Smith, speaking before the Suburban Improvement Association, told the several hundred irate citizens that the entire resources of the city administration were being mobilized to stamp out such crimes, and that bars and other questionable resorts known to be frequented by this type of aberrant would be closed.

At the Basin Clinic, a staff psychiatrist, who did not wish his name to be used, referred reporters to the significant report by Yung, made before the Annual

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Assembly of the Chang-Hi Psychiatric Enclave, which stated in part, "In a study made at Mindanao Deep of 3200 avowed heterosexuals it was found that abortions, contraceptions, child-desertions, and flagellations had been practised at some time or other by 64% of the female heterosexuals. The hitherto unsuspected prevalence of these deviations would indicate that the problem of the female cases had received far less attention than the seriousness of the situation would warrant." The incidence reported in the Mindanao studies has been confirmed by some investigators in this country also, indicating the presence of a major problem facing the community. A solution, in the opinion of the Basin Clinic spokesman, lay in the establishment of similar clinics in all the larger centers. However, he cautioned, the need for great care in the selection of staff members, due to the somewhat contagious nature of the deviation, stating that some improperly staffed clinics had been forced to close because so few properly immunized applicants could be found.

A physician when questioned, referred

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